Eh...not necessarily a waste. The year before was a waste, but he's proven that year was more or less a fluke. Something to build off of, right?

Now, the fact that we have now wasted two years of a three-year deal with a Russian goaltender whom we traded a 1st and 2nd for, and has no problem playing in the KHL if the team decides to lowball him in 2014 doesn't bode well at all.

I doubt they'd be willing to let him go after paying the price to get him.